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I took the Black Friday plunge...

Steven58

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So, yeah, all of you who remember me know that I was big into the Galaxy Nexus. After the epic thread, I was in root/rom heaven with it. The Gnex gave way to the Note 5 what... three years ago. Due to knox, root was dead to me.

I took the plung and jumped in and bought a phone 350 off at Best Buy. I bought the Note 8. I have to say, tech has really evolved in the past three years, no? I bought my son the s8+ and my daughter the s8.

I suppose if I still had time to root, I'd have gotten the Pixel 2XL, but alas. Too busy. So, for those, here, who still remember me? I'm saying "hey!" and "I got a new phone and I like it.". For those who don't remember me? I'm the guy 4th down on "Most Post" .. I used to talk a lot and was mod here.
 
So, yeah, all of you who remember me know that I was big into the Galaxy Nexus. After the epic thread, I was in root/rom heaven with it. The Gnex gave way to the Note 5 what... three years ago. Due to knox, root was dead to me.

I took the plung and jumped in and bought a phone 350 off at Best Buy. I bought the Note 8. I have to say, tech has really evolved in the past three years, no? I bought my son the s8+ and my daughter the s8.

I suppose if I still had time to root, I'd have gotten the Pixel 2XL, but alas. Too busy. So, for those, here, who still remember me? I'm saying "hey!" and "I got a new phone and I like it.". For those who don't remember me? I'm the guy 4th down on "Most Post" .. I used to talk a lot and was mod here.
Nice upgrade boss :D You'll always be my first forum boss lol.
I'm on Verizon with my devices, so no root for me.....yet anyway :)

Are the S8's for your son/daughter gifts this year?
 
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Nice upgrade boss :D You'll always be my first forum boss lol.
I'm on Verizon with my devices, so no root for me.....yet anyway :)

Are the S8's for your son/daughter gifts this year?

Thanks for the kind word. So, yeah, my son got the S8+ in black and my daughter got the Best Buy blue color S8. Actually, I'm the only one who has the phone-in-hand. The 350.00 off sale at Best Buy cleaned out their stock, so theirs are due to arrive Dec 8th.

Yeah, I haven't rooted since Gnex. Didn't see the need and don't have the time. Be well!

Congrats on your new shiny thing....

I thank you!

350 off - good deal :D

I know the time feeling: I do have a Pixel 2 and I've not even unlocked the bootloader (meaning this is already the longest I've had a phone without rooting).

Yeah, it is a good deal. If I want to upgrade, I pay off the rest of phone, upgrade and sell it. Not bad. Nowadays, do you feel the need to root?

Given today's (lack of) security for smart devices, I'm looking for a way to double-root my phone. ;)


Looks like you got a winner there, Stephen. :thumbsupdroid:

Yes sir. Double root. Lol.

Congrats on new shiny thing Steven :)

Ty my brother.

Cheers!
 
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Sometimes, mainly when I see how many ads there are flooding our screens (even though I use paid apps whenever available).

I've either become so desensitized to ads that I ignore them or I'm not loading ad-laden apps because I don't really see that being an issue for me on my un-rooted G6.
 
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So, yeah, all of you who remember me know that I was big into the Galaxy Nexus. After the epic thread, I was in root/rom heaven with it. The Gnex gave way to the Note 5 what... three years ago. Due to knox, root was dead to me.

I took the plung and jumped in and bought a phone 350 off at Best Buy. I bought the Note 8. I have to say, tech has really evolved in the past three years, no? I bought my son the s8+ and my daughter the s8.

I suppose if I still had time to root, I'd have gotten the Pixel 2XL, but alas. Too busy. So, for those, here, who still remember me? I'm saying "hey!" and "I got a new phone and I like it.". For those who don't remember me? I'm the guy 4th down on "Most Post" .. I used to talk a lot and was mod here.

What's up my man! I have a N8 as well. Enjoy it! I'll say, I already shattered the screen, had to get it replaced, and now use a case. :p
 
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